| Amended disqualification plan regarding the employment of immediate family members of Isaac Joseph, Superintendent of the Jefferson Parish School System. |
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The Jefferson Parish School Board adopted and submitted a disqualification plan indicating that the Jefferson Parish School Board will contract with three retired educators who have the experience and qualifications to interview and make a recommendation to the Jefferson Parish School Board regarding currently employed immediate family members of Superintendent Isaac Joseph and immediate family members who apply for any position within the Jefferson Parish Public School System.
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La. R.S. 42:1112B(1) states that no public servant shall participate in a transaction involving the governmental entity in which, to his actual knowledge, any member of his immediate family has a substantial economic interest.
La. R.S. 42:1119B prohibits an immediate family member of a member of a governing authority or the chief executive of a governmental entity from being employed by the governmental entity.
La. R.S. 42:1119B(2)(a)(i) provides an exception which allows a local school board to employ any member of the immediate family of any board member or of the superintendent as a classroom teacher provided that such family member is certified to teach.
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Approve the disqualification plan.
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| Assigned Attorney: |
Jennifer Land |
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